2,100 selected for Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNDP partnership programme

By NDUMBE BELL GASTON The Tony Elumelu Foundation, a traditionally private sector driven philanthropy, has selected 2,100 youth-based entrepreneurs out of an estimated 81,000 online applications from 7 Sahel countries such as Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Mali. Following the list, 248 youth entrepreneurs from Cameroon are to benefit from the package, The SUN has gathered. According to sources, the selected will now join the broad-based TEF flagship programme and have automatically qualified for funding ranging from U.S.$ 1 500 to U.S.$5000 taking into consideration the size of the business. Signing ceremony betweenUNDP rep (L) and TEF…